Fire Performance of Partition Assemblies.
Fire Performance of Partition Assemblies.
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Manzello, S. L.; Gann, R. G.; Kukuck, S. R.; Prasad, K.
R.; Jones, W. W.
Volume 1;
Interflam 2004. (Interflam '04). International
Interflam Conference, 10th Proceedings. Volume 1. July
5-7, 2004. Organised by Interscience Communications
Ltd. in association with National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Building Research Establishment;
National Fire Protection Association; Society of Fire
Protection Engineers; and Swedish National Testing and
Research Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, Interscience
Communications Ltd., London, England, 245-256 pp, 2004.
Keywords:
fire science; fire safety; partitions; compartments;
tests; failure; heat flux; tempeature measurements
Abstract:
A series of real-scale compartment tests were performed
to provide information on the phenomenology of partition
response, and failure, to guide model development. Two
wall assemblies of 2.44 m x 2.44 m were exposed to two
intense fires from the time of ignition to beyond
flashover. The assemblies were constructed using type X
gypsum panels. The stud spacing and stud dimensions were
fixed for both assemblies Heat flux gauges provided time
histories of the energy incident on the walls, while
thermocouples provided data on the propagation of heat
through the walls and on the progress toward
perforation. Visual and infrared cameras were used to
image partition behavior during the fire exposure.
Results obtained from these experiments is presented and
discussed.
